Elizabeth McGovern
Biography
Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actress. In 1980, while studying at Juilliard, McGovern was offered a part in her first film, Ordinary People, in which she played the girlfriend of troubled teenager Timothy Hutton. The following year she completed her education as an actress at the American Conservatory Theatre and at The Juilliard School, and began to appear in plays, first Off-Broadway and later in famous theaters. In 1981, she earned an …
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Filmography
Acting (89)
Movies (59)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025as Cora Crawley
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025as Self
And Mrs.
2024as Margaret
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022as Cora Crawley
Downton Abbey
2019as Cora Crawley
The Chaperone
2019as Norma
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes
2019as Self (archive footage)
The Commuter
2018as Karen MacCauley
The Wife
2018as Elaine Mozell
Showing Roots
2016as Shirley
The Queen At 90
2016as Narrator
Swung
2015as Dolly Adams
Woman in Gold
2015as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
Unexpected
2015as Carolyn
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012as Mrs. Thatcham
Screen Goddesses
2012as Narrator
Angels Crest
2011as Jane
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
2011as Wallis Simpson (Voice)
Kick-Ass
2010as Mrs. Lizewski
Clash of the Titans
2010as Marmara
Inconceivable
2008as Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
A Room with a View
2007as Mrs Honeychurch
Daphne
2007as Ellen Doubleday
The Truth
2006as Donna
Remembering Ragtime
2004as Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
Thursday the 12th
2003as Candice Hopper
Buffalo Soldiers
2002as Mrs. Berman
Hawkins
2001as Susie Hawkins
The Flamingo Rising
2001as Edna Lee
The House of Mirth
2000as Mrs. Carry Fisher
Manila
2000as Elizabeth
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
1998as Diane
The Misadventures of Margaret
1998as Till Turner
The Wings of the Dove
1997as Susan Stringham
Clover
1997as Sara Kate
Broken Glass
1996as Margaret Hyman
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996as Celia Rayburn
Wings of Courage
1995as Noëlle Guillaumet
Broken Trust
1995as Janice Dillon
The Favor
1994as Emily
King of the Hill
1993as Lydia
The Changeling
1993as Beatrice-Joanna
Me and Veronica
1993as Fanny
Tales from Hollywood
1992as Helen Schwartz
The Handmaid's Tale
1990as Moira
A Shock to the System
1990as Stella Anderson
Tune in Tomorrow...
1990as Elena Quince
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990as Vicki
Johnny Handsome
1989as Donna McCarty
She's Having a Baby
1988as Kristy Briggs
The Bedroom Window
1987as Denise
Native Son
1986as Mary Dalton
Once Upon a Time in America
1984as Deborah Gelly
Racing with the Moon
1984as Caddie Winger
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1984as Snow White
Lovesick
1983as Chloe Allen
Ragtime
1981as Evelyn Nesbit
Ordinary People
1980as Jeannine Pratt
Switzerland
Television (30)
Talamasca: The Secret Order
2025as Helen
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019as Self
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019as Self
War of the Worlds
2019as Helen Brown
War of the Worlds
2019as Helen Brown
The Kumars
2014as Self
Civil War: The Untold Story
2014as Narrator (voice)
Downton Abbey
2010as Cora Crawley
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009as Self - Guest
Modern Family
2009as California Mom (archive footage)
10 Minute Tales
2009as Ex-Wife
Freezing
2008 A Room with a View
2008as Mrs Honeychurch
The Graham Norton Show
2007as Herself
Three Moons Over Milford
2006
Big Fat Quiz
2004as Self - Guest
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999as Faith Sutton
Loose Women
1999as Self
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999as Marguerite Blakeney
If Not for You
1995as Jessie Kent
Performance
1991as Helen Schwartz
Ashenden
1991as Aileen Somerville
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989as Dame Celia Westholme
Tales from the Crypt
1989as Laura Kendall
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988as Self
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982as Snow White
California Fever
1979
Omnibus
1967as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951as Celia
Crew (2)
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